Technology Integration in the Middle School

During the first quarter of sixth grade, students study the 5 Themes of Geography. Two of those themes include Location and Human–Environment Interaction. The sixth grade traveled to Zoo Atlanta for a field trip that required them to use GPS units to locate animals based on their latitude and longitude coordinates. During the afternoon, they attended a workshop on The Forests of Africa and Asia. During this classroom session, students learned about and debated the effects of human development in natural habitats. They also discovered that with wise choices, humans and animals can successfully share the same planet.

The 6th grade attended Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama from November 5th - 7th. They had the opportunity to learn about the history of the space program, ride several astronaut training simulators, and complete a space mission.

Civics students had the opportunity to visit CNN. During their tour they learned exactly what it takes to deliver the news to over 2 billion people worldwide.

Students in our music deparment work in the composing lab to create their own music using the software program Final Notebook.

Students worked in pairs to create a portfolio that includes at least 20 poems. Students were then required to teach their classmates about one type of poem incorporating some type of visual technology and an original poem. Many students chose to create blogs for their classmates. Samples are included below:

ROBOTICS ACTIVITY

Middle School students have the opportunity build and program Lego Mindstorm Robots during a Friday Robotics activity class.

The Eighth Grade Project serves as the culminating project for all of our 8th grade students. Students enrolled in the course learn how to conduct research and how to effectively communicate those ideas in visual and written forms using traditional and modern media.